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Originally Posted by Run Silent
So update on the cat we decided to take in that was coming around:
1) He completely alleviated the original problem about what to do with him all night. He showed up at 10am on Saturday morning. Packed up him, took him to the vet. $240 later, he had all his shots and was cleaned up and had all tests run, and came back with a clean bill of health.
2) Bring him back home and keep him locked in our bedroom for the day. He scarfs down a staggering amount of food and water, says hello once to our other cat when we allow them to meet with no ill effects. Later in the day, he starts farting the worst smelling farts known to man, and we take him over to his litter box (don't think he had ever seen one before), he uses it after a couple of showings.
3) Keep in the bathroom overnight to avoid any issues in case he isn't completely potty trained. Next morning, wake to find a well used litter box, so that seems good.
4) Sunday, our current cat gets a bit too much up in his business and we find out why the new cat was apparently getting his ass kicked all the time when roaming outside. Instead of fighting our other cat, he just lowers his head like a battering ram and "rhino's" our cat back. It was pretty funny. Effective on our wimp of cat, but don't imagine it worked well in the woods.
5) Decided to let him sleep in the bedroom last night since he seems to have no issues with the litter box. He jumps up on the bed and snuggles off to sleep. Don't think he had ever been able to do that before in his life.
6) Wake up at 1am in the morning to a terrible smell. Yup, he was so cozy that he slept hard enough to not wake up when he had to pee. Went all over the bed sheets right up by my pillow. Ever smelled pee from an un-neutered male cat? It's fucking awful. After 40mins of stripping the entire bed and $35 worth of dry cleaning charges this morning for the duvet, he slept the remaining evening back in the bathroom. Not sure how to correct this problem, might be a deal breaker.
7) Left him in the bedroom (couldn't leave him in the bathroom all day long) but safety pinned a vinyl shower curtain over the duvet to prevent any further mishaps while at work today.
8) Plan is to have him neutered asap, but that will be three weeks from now, since they have to wait until his vaccine boosters to do it.
(sigh) Trials and tribulations. Cool cat though.
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We leave our two cats out in the main house at night to do as they wish, and shut our bedroom doors as the mini-Schanauzer sleeps with the wife and is on guard duty at that time.
The cats seem to enjoy having the whole house without the dog poking around, so they really never misbehave. During the day, they prefer to stay upstairs since the dog won't go up there.